Etching, unique proof, 3.3 x 5.8 in. (8.5 x 14.7 cm.), 8 x 10 1/4 (20 x 26 cm. framed)
Tags: Frank Brangwyn etching print children farms/domestic animals houses life drawing men painted en plein air women
Provenance: from the collection of William de Belleroche.
Literature: Jerome and Jean Tharaud, L'Ombre de la Croix, Paris, 1931
The
text for L'Ombre de la Croix, written by the brothers Jerome and Jean
Tharaud, was published by Editions Lapina, Paris, 1931, in two volumes,
and was illustrated with 73 Brangwyn etchings. The book describes the
lives of Jews in contemporary Europe and many of Brangwyn's
illustrations appear to depict the town of Belz in Poland, which was a
centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn is not known to have visited Poland and
current research suggests that a large proportion of the etchings were
based on photographs.
Brangwyn gave his friend and promoter Count
Willy de Belleroche a loose leave pre production copy of L'Ombre de la
Croix from which this etching came.
We are grateful to Dr. Libby Horner for her assistance.
